Seat or hat check



F b. 1927. V e 8 C. T. RABERT SEAT oR HAT CHECK Filed March 4, 1924 mrcu WITNESSES INVENTOR T dRNE YS Patented Feb. '8, 1927.

4 CH S EREQRABERTQQF HUNTINGTON, VTEST VIRGINIA.

sEAr oRfnAr onnic Application filed March 4, 1924. Serial nogesas is;

1 'This invention relates to a seat or hat check for use on passenger trains.

w vention reside in certain novel features 1 of The object of the inventlon'ls to fpro'vide' a "seat" or hat check of this Character which is simple and entirelypractical in its nature and which identifies the particular trip and time at which it is'issued in'sucha manner as to preclude the possibility of its subse? quent use.. I V I c Other objects and advantages or the inthe ConstructiOD, combination andarrang'e- .ment of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly point ed out in the appended claims, reference being had tolthe accompanying drawings forming partlfot this specification, andin whichz, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing one embodiment of the invention; 7 i

Figure 2 .is a fragmentaryperspective,

view, showing the coupon of the check as it usually appears when in the possession I up by lighter lines 1nto rectangular spaces of the passenger; v v

Figure 3 is a plan view ofthe coupon; and Figure 4 is a similar View of the stub. Referring to the drawings; and more par ticularly to Figure '1, it will be seen that the seat or hat checks constituting the present invention are preferably put up in the 7 form of a book'which is designated generally at 5. Any desired number maybe provided in each book; and in'the embodi-; 'ment shown approximately twenty-five are included althoughof course fifty, one jhun v v dred,or any desired numbermay be included.

, The seat andhat checks are all of identical construction, and each includes a stub 6and a coupon 7 Each stub 6' is fastened in the bookand each coupon 7 is detachably connected to its stub by a perforated connection 8. Thus the coupons may be readily torn or detached from their stubs, i

The coupons and stubsflbear correspond- 1 take the form-of corresponding serial numcoupon respectively .or panels provided on these elements. Of course it is to be understood'that the coupon and stub of each check bears the same serial number. In Figure l several coupons have been torn 0E so that the serial number on the topmost stub is different from the serial number on the topmost coupon remaining in the book. V

ing from Zero to nine.

mg identifying 'indic'ia "which preferably of. letters 16.

The stub 6 ispro'vided with panels 11 and- 12', the panel 11 being above; the serial number and containing indicia and spaces facilitatingthe endorsement on the stub of the date, the traiirnumber, and thestati'onnu'm bers which indicate the con'ductors trip; As shown in Figure .4; thisindicia' preferab'lyconsi'sts ofthe word Date followed b'y'adottedline, :the wordsfTrn. No. fol

lowed by a dotted line, the word From:

followed by a'dotted 1ine,and-;the word To, these wordsbeing arranged one above the other*and the words From and Tow being adjacent; The panel -12'is divided by a line 12. into two spaces, one of which i headed; byvthe word From and the 'oth r of which word To .These c spaces are designedfto receive the station numbers which indicate the trip of the 7 passenger.

Each coupon 7 includes in addition "to "the a serial number a centrally disposed panel defined by heavy black lines 18 and 'divide'd which contain columns of numbers 'l l'ran-g- "These columns are headed by theword To designated at '15.

The lines 13 define with :the' margi-nal lines of'the ticket a marginal' spacein'which letters designated at 16ar'e applied. Preferably the letters range from A to Z.

Above theserial numbeno ffithe coupon a blankspace, designated-at 1:7,"is-'left-andf is designed toreceive the number correspondmg to the number of the stat-lon'tof which the passenger -1s "travelling In use, the conductor enters in. the spaces of the panel "11' of thefsti'ib the date,"the 5 train numberpand the station number which '1 define his trip. These entries are however necessary only on the topmost stub ofeach I book.- When the conductor takes 'a ticket from a passenger, he punches from the col unins of numbers 145, suchfsnumbers as des ignate the numberfof'the stationto which] the passenger'is travelling; if the statio n is, located on a branch line of the railroad it will probably be-designated by a number and a letter-,andin such event theconductor also punches theproperdetter in'the series The conductor'also notes on the stub of the coupon so punched, the numbers corresponding to the stations between which the. passenger is travelling. The conductor also writes in large bold letters and .in the space 17 a number which corresponds to the number of the station to which the passenger is travelling in order that the. conductor may tell at a glance in passing through the passenger car the destination of the traveller for when the check is inserted in the hat band, as it usually is, and as shown in FigureQ, the number in the space 17 will be prominently displayed. The serial number is also prominently displayed so that .the conductor can tell ata glance whether he has, a stub corresponding to the hat check. This prevents a passenger from making a second or unauthorized use of a hat check. This is an important advantage when it is considered that hat checks as now constituted may, and sometimes are used to secure a passage on railway'trains for persons who have not paid their fares for if a passenger retains a hat check issued to him on one trip there is nothing in the nature of the hat check as now constituted effective to prevent him from using the same to secure a passage on the railway later without paying his fare. 1

l'Vith the present invention however the conductor of course knows the range of the serial numbers of the checks issued on each trip and therefore even if the hat checks are lrept by the passengers they cannot be used later. Y

. At the end of each trip the stubs of the hat checks that have been. issued during the trip are destroyed.

' I claim:.

l. A seat or hat check for useon passenger trains and including a stub for the conductor, and a coupon for the passenger, the

stub and the coupon bearing corresponding identifying indicia, the stub having an appropriately designated space 111 which the destination of the passenger may bemthcated, and the coupon having appropriately designated means thereon whereby the destination of the passenger maybe indicated.

2. A seat or hat check for use on passenger trains and including a stub:v for the conductor and a coupon for the passenger, the

stub and the coupon bearing corresponding serial numbers to identify the coupon with its stub, the stub having an appropriately designated space in which the destination of the passenger may be indicated, the coupon having columns of numbers and figures, the numbers and figures being adapted to be selectively punched by the conductor .to indicate the destination of the passenger.

Aseat or hat check for use on passenger.

trains and including a stub for the con ductor and a coupon for the passenger, the

the coupon having a blank space at the top wherein the destination of the passenger. may also be indicated by the conductor.

4. A seat or hat check for use on passenger trains and including a stub for the con: ductor and a coupon for the passenger, the stub and the coupon bearing corresponding serial numbers to identify the coupon with its stub, the coupon having columns of numbers and figures, the numbers and figures be ng adapted to be selectively punched by the conductor to indicate the destination of the passenger, the stub having appropriately designated spaces thereon wherebythe conductor may indicate his trip, the train number and the trip of the passenger.

5. A seat'or hat check for use on passenger trains comprising a stub for the conductor and a coupon for the passenger, the coupon being adapted to be mounted in the seat or .hat and being provided at theuppermost part thereof with a designated number-receiving space, said couponandsaid stub bearing identifying indicia consisting of correspondnlg serial numbers, the serial number of the coupon being locatedin the number receiving space-and being thus al- -ways exposed to View whereby the conductor may determine at a glance the validity of all or hat checks which he views.

6. A seat or hat check for use on passenger.

trains con'iprising a stub for the conductor and a coupon for the passenger, the coupon being adapted to be mounted in theseat or hat and being provided at the uppermost part thereof with a designatednumber-receiving space, said coupon and said stub bearing identifying indicia consisting of corresponding serial numbers, the serial number of the coupon being located in the number receiving space and being thus always exposed to view whereby the conductor may determine at a glance the validlty of all seat or hat checks wlnch he Views, said coupon also having a defined space above said number-receiving space adapted to re ceive an indication of the destination of the passenger.

oHEsrER T. ,RABERT, f 

